This article presents 10 of the most chilling unsolved mysteries in history. The cases include:
1. The Green Children: Two children with green skin appeared in a village in England in the 12th century, claiming to be from a land with no sun where everyone is green.
2. The Lead Masks Case: Two Brazilian technicians were found dead in 1966 with lead masks on their faces, leaving behind a mysterious notebook with instructions.
3. The Phantom Barber: A serial attacker targeted women and girls in Pascagoula, Mississippi, in 1942, cutting their hair and leaving behind no evidence of their identity.
4. The Beaches of Severed Feet: Since 2007, 15 severed human feet have washed up on beaches in British Columbia and Washington State, with no explanation for their origin.
5. Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm: A woman's body was found in a hollow tree in England in 1943, with no identification and a mysterious connection to graffiti asking who put her there.
6. Navy Blimp L-8: A US Navy blimp disappeared in 1942 with two crew members on board, leaving behind only a cryptic radio message.
7. The Devil's Footprints: Hoof-like footprints appeared in the snow in England in 1855, with no explanation for their origin or the creature that made them.
8. The Sodder Family: Five children disappeared from their home in West Virginia in 1945 during a fire, with no bodies found and many theories about their fate.
9. The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Mystery: Three lighthouse keepers vanished in Scotland in 1900, with no explanation for their disappearance.
10. The Dyatlov Pass Incident: Nine Russian hikers died under mysterious circumstances in 1959, with evidence of a panicked exit from their tent and bizarre injuries.
These cases remain unexplained to this day, leaving behind only theories and speculation.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The Green Children were found in Woolpit, Suffolk County, England, in the 12th century.
2. The children were a boy and a girl with green skin who spoke an unknown language.
3. They were taken in by Sir Richard de Calne and eventually learned to eat other foods besides beans.
4. The boy died, but the girl learned to speak English and explained they were from the land of Saint Martin, an underground place with no sun.
5. The Lead Masks Case occurred on August 20th, 1966, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
6. Two Brazilian electronic technicians, Miguel Jose Viana and Manoel Pereira da Cruz, were found dead wearing lead masks.
7. The men were found with an empty bottle of water, two wet towels, and a notebook with mysterious instructions.
8. The cause of their death is still unknown.
9. The Phantom Barber terrorized Pascagoula, Mississippi, in 1942, breaking into homes and giving girls unwanted haircuts.
10. The barber took souvenirs of hair from his victims.
11. The identity of the Phantom Barber is disputed, with some believing William Dolan, a German chemist, was the culprit.
12. The Beaches of Severed Feet mystery began on August 20th, 2007, when a severed foot was found on Jedediah Island in British Columbia, Canada.
13. Since then, 15 more feet have washed ashore on various beaches in British Columbia and Washington State.
14. The feet were mostly right feet, with two left feet matching the rights that were recovered.
15. The cause of the severed feet is still unknown, with theories ranging from a serial killer to a prank.
16. The Bella in the Wych Elm mystery began on April 18th, 1943, when a woman's body was found in a hollowed wych elm tree in Hagley Wood, Worcestershire, England.
17. The woman's hand was missing, and a piece of taffeta was found in her mouth.
18. The identity of the woman and her murderer is still unknown.
19. The Navy Blimp L-8 mystery occurred on August 16th, 1942, when a Navy blimp took off from Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay with two occupants.
20. The blimp was found crashed, but the occupants, Lieutenant Ernest Cody and Ensign Charles Adams, were never found.
21. The Devil's Footprints mystery occurred on November 9th, 1855, when residents of Devon and Dorset, England, awoke to find hoof-like footprints in the snow.
22. The footprints were estimated to be 10 cm long and 7.5 cm wide, with strides measuring between 20 and 41 cm apart.
23. The identity of the creature that made the footprints is still unknown.
24. The Sodder Family mystery occurred on Christmas Day in 1945, when a family's house caught fire in Fayetteville, West Virginia.
25. Five of the Sodder children were never found, despite a thorough search of the ashes.
26. The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Mystery occurred on December 26th, 1900, when three lighthouse keepers vanished from their post.
27. The lighthouse was found with an unlocked door, an untouched meal, and stopped clocks.
28. The disappearance of the lighthouse keepers is still unexplained.
29. The Dyatlov Pass Incident occurred on January 27th, 1959, when nine ski-hikers disappeared in the Ural Mountains.
30. The hikers' bodies were found with strange injuries, including one hiker who was missing her eyes and tongue.
31. The cause of the hikers' deaths is still unknown.